Summer 09 Catalog
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Classes for Kids & Teens? Descriptions marked with a * are open to kids or teens and require no previous experience. These are not kid's classes but rather beginner classes for all types of beginners. Young
people will be challenged while curious adults will be inspired...and no one will be bored! Please see class description for ages. Other classes may allow older teen students with instructor permission. Please contact the Textile Center at 612-436-0464 for more information before you register.
All classes have limited space available and some fill quickly. Please feel free to call and check on class availability before you send in your registration. We are not able to hold spaces without payment. We will try to update this page when classes are full or with other corrections. If the class you are interested in is full, we are generally able to take a waiting list for a class and call will you if a space opens up.
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Class Proposal Guidelines
Fractured Light with Susan Antell
Stitched Shibori with Sandra Brick
Intarsia Knitting with Lynn Cooper
Fearless Fashion with Candy Kuehn & Susan Day
Textiles of India Lecture
Soy Wax Batik with Cyndi Kay Meier
Fabric Photo Album with Kimberly Oedekoven
Tyvec with Tricia Spitzmueller
Fabric Art Workshop with Susan Stein
Purses with Carly Stipe
Summer Skirt with Laura Whitney
Color Wheel with Susan Antell
Stitched Shibori with Sandra Brick
Marbling on Fabric with Mary Holland
Intarsia Knitting with Lynn Cooper
Improvisational Hats with Candy Kuehn
The 3 C's with Kimberly Oedekoven
HandPainted Fabric with Tricia Spitzmueller
Fabric Art Workshop with Susan Stein
Denim Shopping Bag with Laura Whitney
Fearless Fashion with Candy Kuehn and Susan Day
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Creativity
Dyeing & Surface Design
Knitting & Crochet
Sewing
Technology & Business
3D Techniques & Mixed Media
Textiles for Teachers
Kids & Teens
Lectures
Scholarships are now available!
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 Great For Beginners. This class is designed to introduce you to a new technique. No experience is necessary.
 Something For Every Skill Level. This class is designed to further your exploration in a technique or topic. You can be an advanced beginner or someone looking for a creative boost. Some experience in this topic is helpful.
 Advanced Classes. This class requires some prior experience in a technique or topic. See class description for more information.
Still have questions? Don't know where you fit? Please feel free to call or email before you register.
 New classes!
 Visiting Artists
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Creativity
The 3 C's: Color, Composition and Creativity
Mondays August 3, 10 & 17
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Ever wonder why some illustrative art quilts look so put together and balanced? Discover how you can achieve that feeling in your fiber art creations. Using the elements of art, repetition, digital images, color makeup, texture and layering, this class will show you some easy techniques to bring it all together. Learn to free yourself from perfectionist piecing and focus on how to make your compositions more cohesive. Throughout class, we will make several original works of fiber art in various sizes, based on a theme or personal narrative and practicing our three "C's" of color, composition and creativity. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Kimberly Oedekoven
$104/$90 Textile Center Members
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Dyeing & Surface Design
Fabric Art Workshop
Friday May 29 and Friday June 5
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dive into new fiber adventures and treat yourself to two days of creative play with Susan Stein! This is your chance to try a double-scoop of techniques for coloring, embellishing, and manipulating fiber and fabric. We'll make 8" by 10" samples or "pages" that you can use for a soft book, quilt, framed piece, or other projects. Some of the techniques you will learn include creating silk fusion/paper, working with Paintstiks, foiling on fabric, making transparency transfers, watercolor and print effect painting with Dye-Na-Flow and Lumiere paints, using angelina fibers, creating fabric beads, "bleaching" with discharge paste, and creating with photo transfer paper. This class is jam-packed with ideas to inspire you all summer long. Materials fee $40 payable to instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Susan Stein
$138/$120 Textile Center Members
A New Twist - Stitched Shibori
Wednesdays May 13, 20 & 27
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Techniques known as ori-nui, mokume and karamatsu shibori use stitches in the fabric to act as a resist for dyes. Unique effects can be created by the type of stitch, folds in the fabric and the arrangement of stitches all used in combination. Everything from subtle abstract patterns to pictoral pieces are possible with just a handful of artfully placed threads. You choose your fabric (silk, cotton, rayon, bamboo or combination) and learn to stitch and dye these shibori patterns. Materials fee $15, payable to instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Sandra Brick
$104/$90 Textile Center Members
A Color Wheel in Cotton
Thursday May 21
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Dye two sets of complete color wheels and their afterimage hues, creating a 48 color spectrum of fat quarters and fat eights. Use just two sets of primary colored dyes, one warm and one cool, and learn how to get exactly the color you want and be able to reproduce it. Learn how and why afterimages help you to enhance the dominant colors in your project. We will work with cotton fabric and fiber reactive dyes. This class is a great introduction to working with these versatile dyes. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Susan Antell
$38/$33 Textile Center Members
A Whisper to a Shout
Thursday June 25
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Choose your favorite color and dye a "color value scale" (or a gradient) from whisper pale to deep dark, all of the same color. Learn to mix your colors to achieve a suite of fabrics that allow you to add light, sparkle and shadows to your next project. Our focus will be on learning to dye the palest pastels and saturated shades, with every step in between. We will work with fat quarters of cotton fabric and fiber reactive dyes. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Susan Antell
$38/$33 Textile Center Members
Hand Painted Fabric
Tuesday July 14
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Relax with a summer evening spent painting your own original fabric. Use Setacolour fabric paints and learn about hard edge, soft edge, dry brush and watercolor techniques that you can use to create fascinating textures on your fabric. Give yourself permission to pick up a brush and watch the colors flow. Create two yards of handpainted fabric during class. Materials fee $5. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Tricia Quirk Spitzmueller
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Soy Wax Batik
Wednesday July 15
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Learn the basics of soy wax batik, a new twist on a traditional resist dye technique. We will learn batik techniques with soy wax and the basics of fiber reactive dyes, and use these to embellish canvas shopping bags. Each student will have the opportunity to make three bags throughout the evening. Apply the soy wax with found objects to create unique patterns and textures that will resist the dyes. Start your project in class and learn how to remove the wax and extra dye at home after the dyes have set. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor.
Instructor: Cyndi Kay Meier
$38/$33 Textile Center Members
Transparency and Depth
Thursday July 23
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Imagine a forest with colors from green-gold sunshine to smoky purple shadows. Two distinct colors, but with many ways to interact. This class will help you to dye a "chromabridge", blending two distinct colors to get all of the variations in between. Do you know what happens when the deep blue sea meets an orange sunset? Come and explore! We will work with fat quarters of cotton fabric and fiber reactive dyes. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Susan Antell
$38/$33 Textile Center Members
Variations on a Theme: Shibori
Thursday August 13
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Transform simple silk scarves into multicolored masterpieces in just one evening! Learn some simple shibori techniques - resist dying in the Japanese tradition, using folding, clamping, binding, stitching and more to create patterns in your fabric before you add the color. You will complete four different variations and leave with a bouquet of silk scarves that you can give as gifts or wear to brighten up your winter wardrobe. Materials fee $35. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Sandra Brick
$45/$40 Textile Center Members
Fractured Light
Thursday August 20
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Let your colors crystallize. Learn a low immersion dye technique that allows the spontaneous crinkles and folds in your fabric to form an organic crystalline or fractured pattern. Subtle ripples to bold patterns like stained glass can emerge, based on the colors you choose. This class lets you explore with multiple dye colors in each piece and create a dozen fabrics that will become your favorites for every project. We will work with fat quarters of cotton fabric and fiber reactive dyes. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Susan Antell
$38/$33 Textile Center Members
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Knitting & Crochet
Intro to Intarsia Knitting
Thursday June 11 & 18
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Add a new skill to your knitting vocabulary. This class is an introduction to intarsia, a multi-color knitting technique that features blocks of color. Create a garter stitch intarsia hat as a first project, using multiple colors and a striking starburst pattern. Students must know how to garter stitch, cast on, one kind of increase and one kind of decrease. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Lynn Cooper
$69/$60 Textile Center Members
Sewing
Hello, my name is...
Monday June 15
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Let us introduce you to your sewing machine. Bring your machine and some basic sewing supplies and spend some time with your machine, getting to know one another. Try threading & adjusting tension. Find out if you have the right bobbin & needles. Learn what to do when it makes "that funny noise" or makes the dreaded "thread octopus". Please make sure your machine is in good working order before you come to class. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Lynn Cooper
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Recycled Denim Shopping Bag
Thursday June 18
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Turn an old pair of jeans into a stylish, reusable tote bag to take to the farmers market! Bring a pair of jeans, some fun printed fabric and your sewing machine in good working order and create an earth-friendly and sturdy shopping bag in just one evening. A great class for beginners or anyone looking for a fun project! *Ages 14 and up welcome. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Laura Whitney
$31/$27 Textile Center Members
Fearless Fashion
Wednesdays June 3 & 10
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Use your sewing machine not just to stitch your seams but to add whimsy and texture to your creations. Fashion a piece of clothing based on ancient shapes used in timeless ways. Dynamic duo Susan Day and Candy Kuehn will show you the right way, the wrong way and the creative and unexpected way to create simple, beautiful art to wear. Learn how to use your machine to make thread tension fur and see how doing the "wrong" thing can have delightful results. After some exploration with textures, then you will make your own patterns and stitch a pillow or purse, skirt or shirt of your own design. Download Supply list.
Instructors: Candy Kuehn & Susan Day
$83/$72 Textile Center Members
Scared of your Serger?
Tuesday June 23
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Vanquish the scary beast and start working on all those projects that are waiting for you. Bring your serger in good working order, along with its instruction manual and be prepared to get hands-on. Lynn will guide you through the what, where and when about threads & threading, tension and getting started with serging. You will try some small projects during class. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Lynn Cooper
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Summer Skirt
Wednesday August 5
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Learn to sew a simple and stylish A-line skirt, using your own measurements to draft a basic pattern that you can use over and over. Learn all the basics as well as how to add variations like pockets, panels, and applique! Bring your favorite fabrics and your sewing machine in good working order. Spend the evening whipping up a fun and flirty skirt! *Ages 14 and up welcome. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Laura Whitney
$31/$27 Textile Center Members
Technology & Business
Working with Digital Photographs
Tuesday May 12
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Learn some quick tricks that could help you make your images stand out in a crowd. We will touch on a few ways to brighten up dark photos and adjust colors that aren't quite right. Then we will move on to how to crop, resize and save your photos to the right size, resolution and specifications for email, print, web and other uses. No software expertise needed; we will demonstrate with Photoshop and a variety of other photo editing tools.
Instructor: Andy Rahn
$16/$14 Textile Center Members
Opening an Etsy Shop
Tuesday June 23
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Etsy.com is an online marketplace for handmade goods. Come take a guided tour from seller and etsy advocate Becka Rahn, of how an etsy shop works, what it takes to have your own online shop, and the advantages and disadvantages of selling your work online. Get a sneak peak behind the scenes before you jump in and open your own shop.
Instructor: Becka Rahn
$16/$14 Textile Center Members
Brand Name
Tuesday July 28
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Business cards and logos, banners and avatars for your blog and online shop all represent you and your business. Learn tips for designing a look that works for you, using your artwork or photographs, and ways to make your look something that will get recognized. Share resources for printing your business cards and tags professionally and inexpensively. This session is all about branding yourself.
Instructor: Becka Rahn
$16/$14 Textile Center Members
Photographing Small Objects
Tuesday August 25
6:00 - 8:00 pm
The right lighting and background can help you get great photos of your small works of art. In this hands-on seminar, we will set up and practice photographing small art objects (less than 12 in) using several different light settings. Learn to set up some simple and inexpensive light box options to get you started with a "studio" of your own. You may bring one art piece to photograph (optional) and your digital camera in good working order, along with its instruction manual.
Instructors: Andy & Becka Rahn
$16/$14 Textile Center Members
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3D Techniques & Mixed Media
Fabric Photo Album
Thursday June 25
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Document a special occasion, craft a quick gift for a friend or make one for yourself. In this class you will create a one-of-a-kind photo album, using multiple surface design techniques including painted fabric, raw edge applique, bobbin couching and fusible web design. Design a cover, create a theme and stitch one or two clear pockets on each page, depending on the style you want. Finished album will be 8 by 14 inches. Materials fee $7, payable to instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Kimberly Oedekoven
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Hodgepodge Notecards
Monday June 29
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Collage cards offer a natural canvas for scraps of fabric and trim too beautiful to throw away. Learn simple techniques to create fun and unusual cards to send to friends and family or to hang on your wall. Be inspired by many creative and fun ideas to recycle those little bits and pieces that we all seem to save up. Class will cover basic design principles and include handouts. Participants will leave the workshop with at least six finished note cards and fewer scraps. Materials fee $10, payable to instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Sandra Brick
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Purse with Pizzazz
Friday July 24
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Make a summer purse from an unusual material - duct tape! Bold and bright or subtle and stylish; the possibilities are more than you can imagine. Learn all of the tips and tricks for working with duct tape. Design your perfect bag and choose your embellishments and colors, all with expert tips from Carly. Bring a lunch and spend a day doing something you have never done before! *Ages 14 and up welcome. Materials fee $16, payable to the instructor.
Instructor: Carly Stipe
$52/$45 Textile Center members
Improvisational Hats
Thursdays July 16 & 23
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Hats can be worn for warmth and protection; to disguise or beguile or just to make a statement. Learn some history and the meaning of hats through an inspirational discussion and then breathe new life in to some old styles, transforming vintage wool hats and found materials in to new art-for-the-head. Experiment with hat blocks, gourds and bowls to re-shape old hats. Improvise with unusual materials and sculpt them to fit. Finally, stretch, shape, stitch, add accessories and embellishments to complete your new artistic creation. Spend two evenings exploring hats and headwear in unexpected ways. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Candy Kuehn
$69/$60 Textile Center Members
Tyvec Techniques
Saturday July 25
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Used everyday for mailing envelopes and in home construction, Tyvec is a fabulous "fabric" that can be stitched, painted, warped, rippled and transformed into a work of art. Learn how to paint and manipulate Tyvec for 3-D effects in quilts and garments. After experimenting with the properties of this versatile material, create a coloful and functional purse made from silk and Tyvec. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Tricia Quirk Spitzmueller
$69/$60 Textile Center Members
Textiles for Teachers
Textiles for Teachers: Felting
Wednesday July 8
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Teaching you how to teach textile arts! This class will be a whirlwind tour of felting, or turning wool fiber in to fabric. Start with basic beads and go on to flat "felt paintings" and a tiny bit of needle felting. We will try it out hands-on so you have samples to take home, provide tips and tricks for teaching and point you towards resource materials, and multicultural tie-ins. Projects generally suitable for students 6-18. Anyone with an interest in teaching is welcome - classroom teachers, youth group leaders, troup leaders, grandmas, homeschool teachers - there’s something for everyone. Clock Hour Certificate available. Materials fee $5, payable to the instructor.
Instructor: Jen Cuff
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Textiles for Teachers: Classroom Friendly Dyes
Tuesday August 4 & 11
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Teaching you how to teach textile arts! This class is about using everyday materials like school glue, craft paint, koolaid, freezer paper, and shaving cream to do marbling, monoprinting and batik, dye yarn, fabric and more. We will talk a little about dye safety and what really makes sense to do at home and with kids. Come and create lots of samples to inspire while being kind to the pocketbook. We will try it out hands-on so you have samples to take home, provide tips and tricks for teaching and point you towards resource materials, multicultural tie-ins and sources. Projects generally suitable for students 6-18. Anyone with an interest in teaching is welcome - classroom teachers, youth group leaders, troup leaders, grandmas, homeschool teachers - there’s something for everyone. Clock Hour Certificate available. Materials fee $12, payable to instructor. Download Supply list.
Instructor: Jen Cuff
$52/$45 Textile Center Members
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Kids & Teens
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Lectures
India's Traditional Textiles in Transition
Friday May 1
7:00 pm
Elsa Sreenivasam, who has collected Indian textiles for almost 30 years, has observed that although slight innovations in motifs and patterns were always accepted in the past, today rapid changes are occuring. She will discuss these traditions and the effects of both commercialization and the focus on expressions of creativity in textiles of India today.
This presentation will be held in conjunction with the opening reception for "Living History - Textiles of India" in the Joan Mondale Gallery.
Tickets $5.
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